, 1887-03-18

stranger with all the pomp Of the Indian
custom.
This decision met with almcst general
approval, for the tribe he'd Gene to look
with high rcsIec: upon this Grave and
handeome white brother. BGt IN he tribe
there was one who hcheld the bctrothGl
with hatred and bitterness. i young
brave who had paid court to Minuehaha,
whose refusal still ranked in his iscart,
looked upon the pale face with envy and
revenge. In his heart he swore that they
sho;ld never wed.
Thc.trysting place of the lovers was
upon the top of the bowldcr which sup
ports the great, shaking rock. On this
ledge, just beneath the massive rccl:, they
used to often sit, the Made li.tca!ry 10
the love song OF her pale face lctrothed,
and hanging upon his pictures Of their
future life of love and happiness.
The tradition goes that the huge bowlder
went straight downward for fully fifty
feet or more and lost itself in the rocky
stream below. The little thread of silvery
water which ROW winds in and out, with
scarce n murmur, was u goodly creek in
those days, and beat itself against the
massive rock witt something of iInpctuous-
ness. The slope OF earth, with It's burden
of dogwood and oak, has filed into tho
chasm since that time, and the rugged
face Of nature here, like the wild forests
around, have been tempered by the band
of civilization.
Scarce n week was away to the mar
riage OF Minnehaha, when one day, Just
before the sun grew red in the west, she,
with her lover, wandered toward their
love seat to coo to each other. The grass
bowed before them us if in their honor,
the squirrel lcaped from. branch to branch
of the tall trees as if to make their hearts
more lightscme, while the trees Blended
their heads to the gentle south wind in u
soft melody of joy to the young lovers.
But they did not notice that creeping
from bush to bush, with n cat like tread,
was the young brave who had suffered
rejection at the hands of Minnehaha.
His tomahawk was grasped firmly in lis
hand, and upon his face was n dark flush
of anger, jealousy and revenge.
TIL lovers, engrossed i'll themselves,
sought the trysting place in the shadow
of the great rock. The angry brave fol-
lowed close behind them, and secreted
himself just under the great rock and on
the very ledge of the precipice beneath.
Long and late the lovers sat cooling.
Again and again the face of the young
brave flushed, and his hand closed tightly
over the handle of his deadly ~tomahawk.
At last the sinking sur admonishcd the
lovers to return homeward. They rose,
and, arm in arm, came round the mar
row pathway. With n demon yell the
brave sprang up before them. ''Thc dog
of Il pale face he screamed, raising his
tomahawk, must diel' and he struck IL
blow at the young lover. But Minnehaha
sprang before her lover, and the toma-
hawk buried itself deep in her head. AS
the pale face sprang forward to catch her
she reeled, and in n second fell to the
rocky stream below.
Then the pale face and the brave Crap
pied each other in n grip Of death. The
narrow ledgeway scarce afforded n foot
hold for both. Their muscles stood out
like whip cords; their breath came thick
and fast, as they struggled for the mas
terry. At last the sinewy pale face grasped
n quick advantage over his adversary.
He forced him to the edge of the chasm
and with n tremendous effort he hurled
him over; but his already spent strength
was not sufficient to save himself from
the ledge, and before he could recover
himself he was dashed headlong on to the
rocks and into the water below. All
three lay bleeding and dead under the
grim bowlder upon which rests the rock.
There was weeping in the indian village
over the death of the lovers, and but
shortly after that Tohoho, crazed with
grief, hurled himself from the same
precipice and was dashed to death on the
rocks below.
The legend goes even now that when the
Indian corn grows green n heavy with
tassle, when the south wind sighs through
the pines, the figures of Tohoho, of Min
nehaha n the pale face can be seen
locked in each others arms, standing upon
the rock, bright and specter like, against
the moonlit leaves and trees .-Oglethorpe
Echo.